TYPO3 Core

Its my own sitepackage extension which is structured as a distribution as described here:
[[https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ExtensionArchitecture/CreateNewDistribution/Index.html#fileadmin-files]]

I just had the same issue with TYPO3 version 11.5.24.
I changed \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\FileReference for it, this is my version of the according method:

    public function getProperty($key)
    {
        $properties = $this->getProperties();
        if (!$this->hasProperty($key)) {
            if (
                in_array($key, ['width', 'height'])
                && $this->originalFile->isImage()
                && $this->originalFile->getStorage()->getDriverType() === 'Local'
            ) {
                $rawFileLocation = $this->originalFile->getForLocalProcessing(false);
                $imageInfo = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ImageInfo::class, $rawFileLocation);
                $missingInfo = $imageInfo->{'get' . ucFirst($key)}();
                if ($missingInfo) {
                    return $missingInfo;
                } else {
                    throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Value for property "' . $key . '" could not be determined.', 1678113486);
                }
            } else {
                throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Property "' . $key . '" was not found in file reference or original file.', 1314226805);
            }
        }
        return $properties[$key];
    }

Actually the call is coming from the ...\DataProcessing\GalleryProcessor, so it might perhaps better to fix it there, but I never looked deeper in it.

Had the same issue with TYPO3 11.5.27 after importing files with ext:migration. Running the scheduler FileStorageIndexingTask solved the issue, as it created the missing metadata-records.

The code importing the file to the fileadmin must use proper FileAbstractionLayer API
and also enforce metadata retrieval/update on it, like it is done on a file upload. If
that is missing, the scheduler task will fix it (if it is executed in that system).